Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 266, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 12:15 AM EDT for Johnson County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1995, 12:15 AM EDT (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1995, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 864 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 120417 RRA SVRATL GAC175-167-120445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1215 AM EDT WED JUL 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...JOHNSON COUNTY AT 1214 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF WRIGHTSVILLE IN JOHNSON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY BY 1230 AM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 11, 8:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
826 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
645 PM 8 MILES W OF HAMILTON GA 3 TREES WERE BROKEN OFF
HARRIS WITH ONE BLOCKING GEORGIA
HIGHWAY 129. HIGH WINDS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING REPORTED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 12:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 54 min |
| Jul 12, 1:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 1:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 2:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Rabun | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.